Comments for The Meandering Ones http://meanderingones.com Go do something cool | In DC Virginia Maryland and all over Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:03:42 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Belga Cafe – Washington, DC by fertility pills http://meanderingones.com/2007/06/18/belga-cafe-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-1192 fertility pills Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:03:42 +0000 http://meanderingones.com/2007/06/18/belga-cafe-washington-dc/#comment-1192 The members of Washington's political "center" encounter one another at social events, often in pleasant halls where the chill of winter is kept at bay by the warmth of oak paneling. There they cluck-cluck to one another about the foolishness of their ... The members of Washington's political “center” encounter one another at social events, often in pleasant halls where the chill of winter is kept at bay by the warmth of oak paneling. There they cluck-cluck to one another about the foolishness of their …

]]> Comment on News: Robert Wiedmaier readies ‘The Mussel Bar by RW’ in Bethesda as Beck and Marcel’s continue to delight. by meanderingmedia http://meanderingones.com/2010/04/06/news-robert-wiedmaier-readies-the-mussel-bar-by-rw-in-bethesda-as-beck-and-marcels-continue-to-delight/comment-page-1/#comment-1190 meanderingmedia Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:01:58 +0000 http://meanderingones.com/?p=625#comment-1190 Are you talking about RW? If so, this definitely doesn't sound like the same guy we met last Father's Day when we unknowingly were sitting next to him at Beck. We spent about half an hour passively admiring his family, not even realizing it was in fact him. Once we were told by our server that it was him, we spent 20 minutes just talking to him and his family on the way out (I felt a little bad about that one but in all honesty the conversation was more about families in general than him).<br><br>Now if you'd said this were Michael Landrum that would come as no surprise to anyone in town including him.<br><br>Robert does have a manager running things at Mussel Bar, so I'm hopeful this was one of RW's subordinates. If so, I'm betting he'd be more than interested in hearing from you since customer experience is definitely something at the top of his list of priorities, and I'd think it's a big part of why Marcel's is number one over Inn At Little Washington on Zagat's list.<br><br>Let us know if you got a name. We'll also be happy to provide feedback. Are you talking about RW? If so, this definitely doesn't sound like the same guy we met last Father's Day when we unknowingly were sitting next to him at Beck. We spent about half an hour passively admiring his family, not even realizing it was in fact him. Once we were told by our server that it was him, we spent 20 minutes just talking to him and his family on the way out (I felt a little bad about that one but in all honesty the conversation was more about families in general than him).

Now if you'd said this were Michael Landrum that would come as no surprise to anyone in town including him.

Robert does have a manager running things at Mussel Bar, so I'm hopeful this was one of RW's subordinates. If so, I'm betting he'd be more than interested in hearing from you since customer experience is definitely something at the top of his list of priorities, and I'd think it's a big part of why Marcel's is number one over Inn At Little Washington on Zagat's list.

Let us know if you got a name. We'll also be happy to provide feedback.

]]> Comment on News: Robert Wiedmaier readies ‘The Mussel Bar by RW’ in Bethesda as Beck and Marcel’s continue to delight. by Akroadrunner http://meanderingones.com/2010/04/06/news-robert-wiedmaier-readies-the-mussel-bar-by-rw-in-bethesda-as-beck-and-marcels-continue-to-delight/comment-page-1/#comment-1189 Akroadrunner Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:47:33 +0000 http://meanderingones.com/?p=625#comment-1189 The food is not bad. The reason for low rating is service from no other than restaurant manager and owner. We went and my husband didn't have his ID with him. We are a couple in our late late thirties and look it. Since I had ID, I ordered the drink and my husband sipped from it. The owner and the manager started to yell at us as if we were teenage kids trying to get drunk in the middle of our meal. Threatening to throw us out if my husband drank another sip. I understood his policy but come on ...yelling at us...really?<br><br>I was beyond mortified and embarrassed. More for him than for us. I plan on telling everyone about how little he thinks of his patrons. I am also a writer so you can bet this is what's on my mind and where my writing energies will go. <br><br>For $12 beer...I was treated like crap. I implore anyone who feel this is uncalled for to ban going to this restaurant The food is not bad. The reason for low rating is service from no other than restaurant manager and owner. We went and my husband didn't have his ID with him. We are a couple in our late late thirties and look it. Since I had ID, I ordered the drink and my husband sipped from it. The owner and the manager started to yell at us as if we were teenage kids trying to get drunk in the middle of our meal. Threatening to throw us out if my husband drank another sip. I understood his policy but come on …yelling at us…really?

I was beyond mortified and embarrassed. More for him than for us. I plan on telling everyone about how little he thinks of his patrons. I am also a writer so you can bet this is what's on my mind and where my writing energies will go.

For $12 beer…I was treated like crap. I implore anyone who feel this is uncalled for to ban going to this restaurant

]]> Comment on DVD by mail showdown: Netflix versus Blockbuster. There is a clear winner. by meanderingmedia http://meanderingones.com/2010/02/03/dvd-by-mail-showdown-netflix-versus-blockbuster-there-is-a-clear-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-1186 meanderingmedia Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:17:28 +0000 http://meanderingones.com/?p=479#comment-1186 On the contrary, the screen shots say everything - look again:<br>(1.) If I received 31 DVDs in one month, it contradicts your point about 27 being a reach.<br>(2.) The Blockbuster At Home queue shows empty slots that often go unfilled for days at a time. That's my money they're sitting on.<br><br>BTW, there's literally no discernible difference between watching a full 1080p movie on a small device like an iPad and watching one at 480i DVD interpolated. The human eye can't discern lines that small, it's scientifically proven.<br><br>The one comment you made that is totally supportable is Blu Ray, though. It's a great value - if Blockbuster gets on the ball and routinely sends queued requests daily - to get Blu Ray for the same price as Netflix's straight DVD offerings.<br><br>Sorry to hear you didn't have a good experience with the other guys. Competition's good, and as a result I'd love to see Blockbuster become more user friendly, responsive, and open six days to receive (and send back) movies from my list. If that were to happen I'd be the first to quit Netflix and proclaim Blockbuster the new movie delivery champ.<br><br>Enjoy! On the contrary, the screen shots say everything – look again:
(1.) If I received 31 DVDs in one month, it contradicts your point about 27 being a reach.
(2.) The Blockbuster At Home queue shows empty slots that often go unfilled for days at a time. That's my money they're sitting on.

BTW, there's literally no discernible difference between watching a full 1080p movie on a small device like an iPad and watching one at 480i DVD interpolated. The human eye can't discern lines that small, it's scientifically proven.

The one comment you made that is totally supportable is Blu Ray, though. It's a great value – if Blockbuster gets on the ball and routinely sends queued requests daily – to get Blu Ray for the same price as Netflix's straight DVD offerings.

Sorry to hear you didn't have a good experience with the other guys. Competition's good, and as a result I'd love to see Blockbuster become more user friendly, responsive, and open six days to receive (and send back) movies from my list. If that were to happen I'd be the first to quit Netflix and proclaim Blockbuster the new movie delivery champ.

Enjoy!

]]> Comment on DVD by mail showdown: Netflix versus Blockbuster. There is a clear winner. by wussel http://meanderingones.com/2010/02/03/dvd-by-mail-showdown-netflix-versus-blockbuster-there-is-a-clear-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 wussel Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:50:13 +0000 http://meanderingones.com/?p=479#comment-1185 I am sorry, but the screen shots are not showing anything - it could be everything. Stay with Netflix, but I switched to Blockbuster due to Blue Ray, new releases and the service is better than Netflix (like you haid a bad experience with Blockbuster I had it with Netflix).<br><br>I watch a new movie on my Blue Ray player right now. Have fun watching an old movie in low quality on your iPad. I am sorry, but the screen shots are not showing anything – it could be everything. Stay with Netflix, but I switched to Blockbuster due to Blue Ray, new releases and the service is better than Netflix (like you haid a bad experience with Blockbuster I had it with Netflix).

I watch a new movie on my Blue Ray player right now. Have fun watching an old movie in low quality on your iPad.

]]> Comment on DVD by mail showdown: Netflix versus Blockbuster. There is a clear winner. by meanderingmedia http://meanderingones.com/2010/02/03/dvd-by-mail-showdown-netflix-versus-blockbuster-there-is-a-clear-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-1184 meanderingmedia Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:48:32 +0000 http://meanderingones.com/?p=479#comment-1184 wussel - take a look at this screen capture of the rentals Netflix sent me in April: <a href="http://twitpic.com/1t0ome" rel="nofollow">http://twitpic.com/1t0ome</a> - I count 31 DVD rentals for the month of April, so I'm guessing from your comments you've seen Bigfoot at 7Eleven already.<br><br>As for Blockbuster, check this out: <a href="http://twitpic.com/1t0pf2" rel="nofollow">http://twitpic.com/1t0pf2</a> - see that At Home queue? What's missing? MOVIES! Yes, that's right: I have two open spots in my At Home queue despite having plenty of available movies. This doesn't just look this way for a few hours while new movies get processed. It routinely happens for a couple days or more. My favorite was recently when I had a Shawn Colvin concert in my queue listed as Available, yet despite being at the top of my queue or the only DVD in it, the DVD never got sent. <br><br>I gave up and put it at the top of my Netflix queue and received it the very next day.<br><br>You can have three or three hundred movies in the In Your Queue window (as you can see) and yet Blockbuster won't process them timely. I spent this past holiday weekend with one open slot and five movies listed as Available in my queue. Not only that, Blockbuster doesn't show up for work on Saturday to process what I sent Friday while Netflix does: that's one additional day every week!<br><br>Sorry you've had the experiences you've had but - other than Netflix's tendency to drop frequent New Release requesters lower in the queue when high demand new movies arrive, Blockbuster's just plain uncompetitive. The queue stays half empty, the search function sucks, you can't tell what format movie you'll receive (WS/FS), you can't do any form of partial word search for movies, you can't drag/drop movies in your queue, and the availability information is often completely false. Just one of these things would bother me, but all of them together - well, that REALLY bothers me.<br><br>Now if all you do is stock your queue with new movies and you really don't care about being able to rotate movies in and out of your house 6 out of 7 days with immediate turnaround, I can see why you might like Blockbuster. Their service has proven to be accommodating for people who just want brand new movies, and their generally lethargic approach to refilling the At Home queue wouldn't bother the customer who doesn't want to take full advantage of an unlimited 3 at a time plan.<br><br>And that's exactly what I said in the post: Netflix is a far better deal. More prompt, easier to use, more innovative. <br><br>Now I hope you don't mind while I go watch a movie on my iPad using the Netflix Instant Watch app... ;-)<br><br>Cheers! wussel – take a look at this screen capture of the rentals Netflix sent me in April: http://twitpic.com/1t0ome – I count 31 DVD rentals for the month of April, so I'm guessing from your comments you've seen Bigfoot at 7Eleven already.

As for Blockbuster, check this out: http://twitpic.com/1t0pf2 – see that At Home queue? What's missing? MOVIES! Yes, that's right: I have two open spots in my At Home queue despite having plenty of available movies. This doesn't just look this way for a few hours while new movies get processed. It routinely happens for a couple days or more. My favorite was recently when I had a Shawn Colvin concert in my queue listed as Available, yet despite being at the top of my queue or the only DVD in it, the DVD never got sent.

I gave up and put it at the top of my Netflix queue and received it the very next day.

You can have three or three hundred movies in the In Your Queue window (as you can see) and yet Blockbuster won't process them timely. I spent this past holiday weekend with one open slot and five movies listed as Available in my queue. Not only that, Blockbuster doesn't show up for work on Saturday to process what I sent Friday while Netflix does: that's one additional day every week!

Sorry you've had the experiences you've had but – other than Netflix's tendency to drop frequent New Release requesters lower in the queue when high demand new movies arrive, Blockbuster's just plain uncompetitive. The queue stays half empty, the search function sucks, you can't tell what format movie you'll receive (WS/FS), you can't do any form of partial word search for movies, you can't drag/drop movies in your queue, and the availability information is often completely false. Just one of these things would bother me, but all of them together – well, that REALLY bothers me.

Now if all you do is stock your queue with new movies and you really don't care about being able to rotate movies in and out of your house 6 out of 7 days with immediate turnaround, I can see why you might like Blockbuster. Their service has proven to be accommodating for people who just want brand new movies, and their generally lethargic approach to refilling the At Home queue wouldn't bother the customer who doesn't want to take full advantage of an unlimited 3 at a time plan.

And that's exactly what I said in the post: Netflix is a far better deal. More prompt, easier to use, more innovative.

Now I hope you don't mind while I go watch a movie on my iPad using the Netflix Instant Watch app… ;-)

Cheers!

]]> Comment on DVD by mail showdown: Netflix versus Blockbuster. There is a clear winner. by wussel http://meanderingones.com/2010/02/03/dvd-by-mail-showdown-netflix-versus-blockbuster-there-is-a-clear-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-1183 wussel Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:07:14 +0000 http://meanderingones.com/?p=479#comment-1183 Blockbuster has the same turnaround time or even better than Netflix, because they are marking the movies as returned when they are scanned at postal service. At Netflix you have to wait longer and longer for new movies the longer you are a member. Show me the 27 DVD rentals a month with Netflix - more likely that you meet Big Foot at 7Eleven. Blockbuster has the same turnaround time or even better than Netflix, because they are marking the movies as returned when they are scanned at postal service. At Netflix you have to wait longer and longer for new movies the longer you are a member. Show me the 27 DVD rentals a month with Netflix – more likely that you meet Big Foot at 7Eleven.

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]]> Comment on Blue Duck Tavern by LA http://meanderingones.com/2007/10/21/blue-duck-tavern/comment-page-1/#comment-153 LA Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:14:38 +0000 http://meanderingones.com/2007/10/29/blue-duck-tavern/#comment-153 oops I put my comment on the wrong one LOL. I meant I am trying to get Robert to take me to Blue Duck for my birthday :) oops I put my comment on the wrong one LOL. I meant I am trying to get Robert to take me to Blue Duck for my birthday :)

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